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#46
11-05-2006, 09:59 AM
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Use old phone books for mixing glue. Just tear off and throw away and new clean page is ready. For cleaning up finger choils, duct tape strip of clothbacked sandpaper around drill bit and chuck up and sand. Also works on any rotating shafts and you can easily tear off a little bit and have new grit.
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11-05-2006, 10:43 AM
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I like to have a few magnets (usually some rare earth ~5 lb. pull) arund my work area. I use them to hold tools so they don't roll off the bench.
I have my son help me clean my grinder of metal dust. First I UNPLUG it. I give him a magnet and he goes to work. He uses the shop vac to get most of the dust off the magnet. Ric Lee __________________ "Coffee: we can get it anywhere, and get as loaded as we like on it, until such teeth-chattering, eye-bulging, nonsense-gibbering time as we may be classified unable to operate heavy machinery." Joan Frank, 1991
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#48
11-25-2006, 09:28 PM
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I think this was alreadt mentioned, but don't get cheap titanium coated bits. I got one hole drilled in the handle of an annealed knife and then the bit petered out half way thru the next whole. To top it off they were predrilled about a 1/8 of an inch smaller already.
__________________ Jayson H Bucy "Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to" - Arnold H. Glascow
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11-26-2006, 11:21 AM
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better late than never right , I put some kitchen carpet on my bench top where I do most of my work. Keeps parts from rolling or sliding around , vacume it once in a while.
Dwane
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#50
11-26-2006, 12:45 PM
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Im late also!
Cover your forge/grinding magnets in saran wrap, take it off and they are clean! If you have been away from the forge for a while, shake out your gloves, then mash them!! Ive been stung twice by "shook out" gloves!!! I now shake mine out, and then hammer the fingers on the anvil before i put them on!! Another note, If you have been away for a while, look into your forge before you light it. Lighting a forge with a birds or rats nest in it (dont know which one it was) can be very intresting!! Ive enjoyed the posts here folks, lots of good info. And for newbies ask questions!!! God Bless Mike __________________ "I cherish the Hammer of Thor, but I praise the hand of God"
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#51
11-26-2006, 01:51 PM
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Take a break from knives and try a hawk, ulu, arrowhead, hammers or make some jigs and swages. Most of us have alot expensive machinery and materials in our shop and they can be used for many other tools and projects as well. If you have a forge try some other smithing projects and learn some forging skills you otherwise would not use for bladesmithing.
Aside from making a great knife variety is the next best way to prevent burnout and boredom.
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#52
11-26-2006, 02:53 PM
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Popsicle sticks are wonderful for a number of things. I use them for mixing epoxy all the time. I'll cut them in half and use the pointy part for cleaning tight areas. They're also useful as a backer for sandpaper when getting in tight spots.
Jamie __________________ Jamie Boley Polar Bear Forge - Custom Blades www.polarbearforge.com jamie@polarbearforge.com
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